The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game

by Edward Achorn

Book Overview

Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about baseball when he risked his life's savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610392604
• ISBN13: 9781610392600
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"